Let’s just make up the brownfield numbers
Back in October 2014, Hart District Council said we had capacity for around 750 new dwellings on brownfield sites. Since then, a number of new sites were identified through the Stonegate Report and other sites such as Bramshill and Fleet police station came up. This led the Council to say as recently as October 1, that there was capacity for 1,800 homes on brownfield sites.
However, Hart Council have now published a draft housing options paper on their website that says brownfield capacity is now only 400 units [Update: a later version of the same document now states brownfield capacity as 450 units, although this is lower than the official SHLAA estimates for the same sites]. It seems that over the past six weeks, it seems the planners have “lost” 1,400 houses.
As far as we know very few, if any, of the initial 750 units have been given planning permission since October last year. We have made a FOI request to get to the bottom of it.
It remains a mystery where they have gone to, but one can only assume that there is a cabal of concrete campaigners in Hart who are determined to build on our beautiful countryside at the same time as they protect vacant and derelict office blocks In Hook, Fleet and all across the district. Please do get involved with this consultation and respond to it using our guide on our dedicated page about this consultation here.
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Barratt Homes don’t pay bungs to redevelop existing buildings…
Yes and that too x
My reading between the lines is there’s a cabal of concrete campaigners who are Hell bent on a new town even though we don’t need one.
Reading between the lines it sounds like they are trying to wiggle out of developing the brownfield sites and possibly encouraging developers to use the land for other things? Not good enough!
Oops … careless -.-
My feelings too!
Hart council probably lost the list in the same place they misplaced their Job Definitions. From what I remember they are elected to serve the Hart residents not to try to be politicians and screw over the residents. Wake up Hart and remember why we pay your expenses and attendance contributions
Sue Smith Does that mean they are now beyond the pale?
I’ll get my coat!
They have gone the whole length of pale lane now
I will ask the next time I pass by
Frazer Hamilton, no sorry I don’t
Do you know why there is so much surveying activity in Pale Lane, Winchfield about 300 yds. from the junction of the Fleet Rd?
Oh dear!